Making magic: Houdini, other tricksters
Would you go out of your way to watch a guy escape from a straitjacket? How about if he was hanging upside-down outdoors, several stories […]
Wisconsin
Valentine ideas, to enhance romance
Maybe you give or get roses by the dozen during this month of love, and that’s fine, but don’t dismiss other ways to freshen up […]
Horseradish: from crop to plate in Manawa
Ebelskivers. Aebleskivers. Both spellings work, and both are pronounced ABLE-sky-vers. Until I got acquainted with Judy Trull and her Lindsay House B&B in Manawa, I […]
Elite honors: Kohler spa, golf, American Club
Think “the ultimate in luxury travel,” as inspectors for Forbes Travel Guide do every year, and you’ll likely gravitate to the world’s biggest cities for […]
Tavern League: inside Sessler’s, Red Room
My father, as far as I could tell, wasn’t much of a drinker – but he liked to swing into one or more toasty shoreline […]
Madison’s Chazen art museum doubles size
Live anywhere long enough, and you’re likely to take good things for granted. That’s the way it is for me in Madison, where always-there treasures […]
Holiday Music Motel: Sturgeon Bay high note
It’s an hour or two past sunset, and a sign of neon guides me home for the night. The door cracks open, I hear one-man […]
Distillers unite, to market themselves as one
We have long been in good spirits in Wisconsin, and now a lesser-known part of our alcohol-loving heritage will make itself more visible. Producers of […]
Arena, Mazo: unusual, good rural dining
Two rural and south-central Wisconsin businesses, eight miles apart, cater to customers in unconventional ways. — A mile or two west of Arena, population 685, […]
Wisconsin Innovations: new Madison exhibit
Here are a few of the answers: American Girl dolls. Malted milk. The typewriter. Bioluminescence technology. Each solves this question: What has Wisconsin ingenuity […]
Private doors open in Milwaukee, Chicago
Almost underneath Interstates 43/94, one mile west of Milwaukee’s trendy Third Ward retail/nightlife district, illuminating work happens daily. Inside an 1890s building of red brick, […]
Two Ryan Braun restaurants in Wisconsin
The setting: White linens. Delicate stemware. Cartoonish murals. The pizza choices: Pepperoni. Sweet potato pie. Sausage and rapini. Also on the menu: Meatballs. Watermelon-beet salad. […]